Columbia University Narrative Intelligence Lab - Incite at Columbia University
Columbia University Narrative Intelligence Lab
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Founded in 2025, the group is led by Dennis Yi Tenen, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in partnership with Moacir P. de Sá Pereira, Research Data Librarian, Columbia Libraries. The Lab is supported by Incite Institute.
The lab’s research activities emphasise at least these three distinct but related activities, vital for the health of contemporary culture and society:
- Collective cognition: thinking, writing, and creating in groups.
- Influence (text reuse, plagiarism, schematic and otherwise algorithmic and generative modes of cultural/epistemic production).
- Group thought and communal storytelling including expert discourse, conspiracy theory, disinformation, and propaganda.
The “laboratory” aspect of the group’s work signals (a) a concerted effort to move beyond the single authorship model in the humanities; (b) a preference for mixed methods, combining qualitative and quantitative modalities; and (c) an ethos of working together through regular in-person meetings, research task delegation, triage, and discussions.
These goals are achieved by the lab actively facilitating collaboration between faculty, graduate, and undergraduate researchers, focusing on specific publishable outcomes. We recognize also that a significant barrier to collaboration lies in the relative lack of formal methodological training. Consequently, our activities include professional development through workshops and certificate programs for scholars at all stages of their career.
More Projects
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go to Abolish ACS Fashion Show
Abolish ACS Fashion ShowHosting an event series to support political education, organizing, and mutual aid among those most impacted by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. Part of Assembling Voices
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go to The History and Hopes of Altgeld Gardens
The History and Hopes of Altgeld GardensDocumenting Chicago's Altgeld Gardens without documentary interviews, aerial photography, and portraiture. Part of Assembling Voices
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go to Arts Equity Nashville
Arts Equity NashvilleAmplifying the fight for equitable arts funding in Nashville with community-driven media and survey work. Part of Assembling Voices
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go to Cross-Regional Dialogues On Inequality
Cross-Regional Dialogues On InequalityFostering regional dialogues on inequality across Colombia. Part of the Global Change Program